FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 237: Service Contracting › Subpart 237.76
DFARS 237.7603 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section tells contracting officers when to include two specific DFARS clauses about continuing essential contractor services. It matters to contractors because if you bid on services supporting mission-essential functions, your solicitation and contract will contain these clauses.
Applies to: Solicitations and contracts for services supporting mission-essential functions
Key terms: mission-essential functions · 252.237-7023 · 252.237-7024 · solicitation · contract clause
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Use the clause at 252.237-7023, Continuation of Essential Contractor Services in all solicitations and contracts for services that are in support of mission-essential functions.
(b) Use the provision at 252.237-7024, Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services in all solicitations for services that include the clause 252.237-7023.
Sections it refers to
- 252.237-7023 Continuation of Essential Contractor Services.
- 252.237-7024 Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services.
Sections that refer to it
- 252.237-7023 Continuation of Essential Contractor Services.
- 252.237-7024 Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services.
← 237.7602 Policy. · 237.7700 Scope of subpart. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 237
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preventing Conflicts of Interest for Certain Consulting Services (DFARS Case 2024-D007) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-10-10 · effective 2024-10-10
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preventing Conflicts of Interest for Certain Consulting Services (DFARS Case 2024-D007) ↗ · proposed 2024-09-26 · comments due 2024-11-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Transfer and Adoption of Military Animals (DFARS Case 2020-D021) ↗ · final rule 2024-02-15 · effective 2024-02-15
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.